Holder for trees and the like



March 13, 1928.

J. G. VUOZZO Patented Mar. 13, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOLIDER FOR TREES AND THE LIKE.

Applcaton filed December 2, 1926. Serial NOQ 152,243.

Ths invention reletes to a bolder f01 trees and the like, and more particularly to a Christn1as ree hoder far indoor use.

ts zm objecn of the i1wenten to provide a subsential end durable aree holder Whch s adepted co receive end firmy support I'GOS, or the 1ke. 0f verous szes as regards the buts hereof.

11 ie EL further Object of the nventon to prude a tree holder 0f smple ancl cheap eenstruction whch may be readily end easly meved from place to place when a tree or 1110 11110 S mounted theren; 4

()ther objects of the inventon Will be Figure 1 represents a side elevaton of L'he hour hevng {L tree mounted theren.

Figure 2 ie e vertical secton through the belder shown in Figure 1, the tree butt beehown in dotted lnes.

.gme 3 is a top plan view of a porton be hoder.

Figure 4 is a view of one of the tree but-t clamping bande removed from the holder.

Lke cbaracters represent 1ike parts tbreugbout the seversxl figures 01 the drewng.

Referring to the drewng.

The drewing herewtb llustrateS (me forum 01 aree holder embodying the nvention but t W1l be understood that t s not the int-enton m lmit the nventon o the preese censtructien end errangement shown herein as eban-ges mght be made theren wthout departng r0m ibs spirt end scope.

he base 10 hevng the upst-endng hollow eylndrcal perton 11 s preerably made of metal '101 the purpose of gvng weght, end censequently stebiliby co the holder, and a eo enablng the use of a base of comparaemail aree.

ably cencav-ed es at 14, see Figure 2, so that he butt ends 0:1": che tree Wll beve a tendency te weclge theren thus ormng a firm restng place for butts of varous szes.

. Adjeeent the mouth of the bore 13 two clamp bands 15 and 16 are arranged, in this nstanee 0ne above the other, eaeh havng a stem portion 17, che stem of the clamp band 15 beingextended through an openng 01' slot 18 at one side of the portn 11, and che stem of the band 16 being extended through en openng 19 diametrieally oppo-- ste the ope-nng 18.

Each 0:f the stems 17 is provided W;h a thumb nut 20 engagng threads on the sad ste1ns whch may be sold but are shown he1ein split longitudinally, end being formed from che ends of the bande.

The b:nds are smaller in diameter than the bere 13, and may be made of spring metal ii desred, and they are So disposedes t0 beve a tree butt passed throgh them wh-ereupon the thumb nuts 90 will be turned te druw eacb and 01 the porton 21 thereof toward the tree which action causes the tree butt to be firmly elamped betWeen the sad portions 21.

As the slois or openlngs 18 and 19 are of sch a wdth as to prevent appreeiable latera1 movement of the stems 17 it Will be reaably seen thes che tree butt mey bere straned from lateral movement in any drection. 1

In practice the bande Wll be made in such manner Le to accommocate various sizes of tree buts.

Havng described the nventon I clam:

A free holder of the class desrbed comprising a weighted base baving en upsendng porcon bored co receve tree butts 'of varous sizes, said bere termnatng in e Concaved surface te forme a restng place for varous sizes 0 tree butt ends; camp bande arranged in sei bere adjacent the mouth u1ereof cne eb0ve m1otberezeh havng a stem ormhg part thereof, end extending through e slot in the wa11of sad upstancing porion dimnetricaly opposite to one anetber, each stem being threaded to receve a, thumb nut whereby sad bande may be drawn towards a treebutt passng through tbem to thereby clamp a tree butt between them.

JOSEPH GIACENTO VUOZZO. 

